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tex⋅as

[tek-suhs]
–noun U.S. Nautical.
1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
2. texas deck.

Origin:
1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states

Tex⋅as

[tek-suhs]
–noun
a state in the S United States. 14,228,383; 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code).

Texan, Tex⋅i⋅an [tek-see-uhn] , adjective, noun
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